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You might also want to check that the dampers are working OK, but it still sounds like centre bearings.

Vibration at a particular speed is usually indicitive of severe wear on the centre bearings on the prop shaft, check for excessive movement in those bearings. The propshaft(s) will vibrate due to centrifugal forces at a particular speed. You could of course have loose bolts in the flanges of the u/js, again the result would be violent shaking of the vehicle.

Although I agree with many of the comments expressed, I do feel that I would like to show my support for the current editors who have done, and are still doing a very good job with this magnificent publication, its reached a degree of professionalism far beyond what might be expected of a mere " Club Magazine"

In 1945 I went with my grandfather to a German prisoner of war camp in the Uttoxeter area of Staffordshire. We had gone to visit my Uncle Jimmy. He had been in the Italian campagne, he and a Scottish friend had been drinking in a bar in one of the towns when they got into an argument with a couple of the locals (Pro-German) his Scottish buddy ended up getting stabbed, the two Italians made a run for it and my Uncle Jimmy raised his rifle and shot the guy at the rear, they had been running in line, and the bullet passed through the first guy and hit the one in front, killed them both. Uncle Jimmy was first charged with murder, then reduced to manslaughter, he got 5 years hard labour. He had behaved himself and was sent has a trustee to the German camp (Hard to believe that he behaved himself, I got to know him very well after his release, and he was a born trouble maker) My grandfather got to speak with many of the German prisoners and he was quite impressed with their general attitude. I relate this story because many years later (Late 60s or 70s) I was engaged in the task of demolishing one of the old camps in that area. It may well have been the camp that I visited, it was certainly in the same area, but the funny thing is that another Uncle of mine had purchased the camp, and engaged my business to take it down ( not so much demolished as dismantled, quite a big job for me at the time)

I have been collecting stuff for the last 35 years, but you will be able to get anything that you might require from SOLDIER OF FORTUNE. You will find them on the net. I have several motorcycles including a 1943 Harley Davidson......... but my favourite bike is the R.E. 350cc WD. CO. Very reliable, starts no trouble and the gearbox is a dream.

L.A.D........... Light Aid Detachment, This is the REME attached to any regiment of the British army.

Hi, welcome to the forum. My RE.WD. C.O. 1942 is valued at 4,500 pounds........ if it goes anything like mine does, you are going to have some fun riding it.

A spent cartridge under the Jerrycan holder on the step of my GMC.

The tank washdown area was naturally adjacent to the tank workshops, we would regularly washdown tanks (Centurians) either before entry into workshops or on return from exercise. This was a favourite time for a group of us to gather behind the tank and have a chat and a smoke. On one occasion one of our friends who drove one of the staff cars spotted us behind the tank. The washdown was a relatively new concrete struture with the wash ramp running down perhaps 60 or so feet down into the large water sump, which was almost like a small swimming pool, but I think only about 3 or 4 feet deep. He decided that he could come hurtling in reverse down the ramp, after gaining speed and knocking the car into neutral, slap on his brakes and frighten the living daylights out of us. In the execution of this manouvre he had twisted his body in order to look through the rear window. He obviously became slightly disorientated where the pedals were concerned, and he had his foot resting on the clutch pedal instead of the brake. The result was no noise, but a good old splash that frightened us considerably more than he had intended. I dont know what he told the authorities what had happened, but he suffered no punishment, however it was a long time before we let him forget about it.

Welcome, inside leg measurements and all that please.

Christopher, would that be for going up hills............ or down ?, you did not specify.

LOTS of CCKWs in photos are on full tread civvy tires. Get a 7.5x20 with an agressive mud/snow pattern and the truck looks just as nice (no knobbies!) I know that its a personal thing................. but military trucks only look good with bar treads, now from a practical point of view, bar treads are rubbish on wet / icey roads, or snow........... so leave them in the shed when the weather`s that bad.

Hi Phil, sorry that I missed the show, I was all loaded and ready when our daughter rang to ask us to have three (youngest) of her children for the weekend........ they were off to Cardiff for the weekend.

Crankcase compression, sounds like possible broken rings, oil burning in the cylinder and going straight into the sump, you would also expect smoke from the crankcase breather ????? only one of many possibilities, dont get the spanners out yet, someone on here might have had the same problem.

I honestly though my European friends would understand this more than they do.... I've always understood that negotiating a price is an expected part of a deal. You present a very sound arguement, I find myself agreeing with most of what you have to say, We do however seem to be somewhat blinded my nostalgia in this part of the world, maybe thats not such a bad thing or most of this stuff would have now been consigned to the scrap heap......... and somehow I cannot get excited about new shiney pots and pans. Long may we continue to overpay (Just a little anyhow.)

I have such fond memories of the 1.5 ton Chevrolet............. back in the 1950s.

So are we, a little more information please.

Forgot to mention that I bought the Halftrack (White M3) after the Jeep.

Hi, welcome in from sunny Florida, photographs would be good, better than a thousand words. Its amazing how many people stay faithful to our hobby once that they become involved, I have also been involved for the last thirty years. I still have all of my stuff..... started with a GMC 353 Open cab, then a Jeep, then a BSA M20, then a 1943 Harley Davidson WLC, then two Enfields, one military and one civilian (I must have had a senior moment when I bought that one) the military one is the W.D. C.O. 350cc ohv.

Thats wonderful news, tell him to take care, and we are all thinking about him.

I suspect that your father will be getting a lot of help with any future restoration projects, I am very impressed, well done and welcome to the forum............. I have got a Harley......... yours looks very much easier to handle than mine.

Wecome in Lee, photographs please.......... photographs are worth a thousand words.

They also used the early petrol engined prime movers on civil engineering works on the Island (Tarmacing) there were two units at the museum on the old RAF airfield awaiting restoration. The museum curator allowed a group of us into the storage yard to view them.